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3916-3940

  • No one was ever terrified by the (mere) fancy (idea) of war: there is no bravery before (actual) war. Know this, and ’tis enough.
  • از خیال حرب نهراسید کس  ** لا شجاعه قبل حرب این دان و بس 

  • (Possessed) with the fancy (idea) of war, the poltroon makes, in his thoughts, a hundred heroic attacks (on the enemy).
  • بر خیال حرب خیز اندر فکر  ** می‌کند چون رستمان صد کر و فر 

  • The antagonist (conceived) in the mind of every raw (weakling) is the picture of Rustam that may be (found) in a bath-house.
  • نقش رستم که آن به حمامی بود  ** قرن حمله فکر هر خامی بود 

  • When this fancy (idea) derived from hearing becomes (actually) visible, what of the poltroon? (Even) a Rustam (hero) is compelled (to submit).
  • این خیال سمع چون مبصر شود  ** حیز چه بود رستمی مضطر شود 

  • Endeavour that it (the fancy) may pass from thine ear into thine eye, and that what has (hitherto) been unreal may become real. 3920
  • جهد کن کز گوش در چشمت رود  ** آنچ که آن باطل بدست آن حق شود 

  • After that, thine ear will become connatural with thine eye: the two ears, (gross) as wool, will become of pure substance (and subtle);
  • زان سپس گوشت شود هم طبع چشم  ** گوهری گردد دو گوش هم‌چو یشم 

  • Nay, thy whole body will become like a mirror: it will become all eye and pure spiritual substance.
  • بلک جمله تن چو آیینه شود  ** جمله چشم و گوهر سینه شود 

  • The ear rouses a fancy, and that fancy is the go-between (that leads) to union with that Beauty.
  • گوش انگیزد خیال و آن خیال  ** هست دلاله‌ی وصال آن جمال 

  • Endeavour that this fancy may increase, so that the go-between may become a guide for Majnún.
  • جهد کن تا این خیال افزون شود  ** تا دلاله رهبر مجنون شود 

  • That foolish Caliph, too, was mightily infatuated for awhile with that girl. 3925
  • آن خلیفه گول هم یک چند نیز  ** ریش گاوی کرد خوش با آن کنیز 

  • Suppose the (monarch's) empire is the empire of the West and the East: since it will not remain, deem it to be (as fleeting as) a lightning-flash.
  • ملک را تو ملک غرب و شرق گیر  ** چون نمی‌ماند تو آن را برق گیر 

  • O thou whose heart is slumbering (heedless), know that the kingdom that does not remain unto everlasting is (but) a dream.
  • مملکت کان می‌نماند جاودان  ** ای دلت خفته تو آن را خواب دان 

  • Consider what thou wilt do with (all) that vanity and vainglory; for (ultimately) it will grip thy throat like an executioner.
  • تا چه خواهی کرد آن باد و بروت  ** که بگیرد هم‌چو جلادی گلوت 

  • Know that even in this world there is a safe refuge: do not listen to the hypocrite who says there is none.
  • هم درین عالم بدان که مامنیست  ** از منافق کم شنو کو گفت نیست 

  • The argument of those who disbelieve in the after-life, and a demonstration of the weakness of that argument, since their argument amounts to “We do not see any other (world) than this.”
  • حجت منکران آخرت و بیان ضعف آن حجت زیرا حجت ایشان به دین باز می‌گردد کی غیر این نمی‌بینیم 

  • This is his (the hypocrite's) argument: he says at every moment, “If there were anything else, I should have seen it.” 3930
  • حجتش اینست گوید هر دمی  ** گر بدی چیزی دگر هم دیدمی 

  • If a child does not see the various aspects of reason, will a rational person ever abandon reason?
  • گر نبیند کودکی احوال عقل  ** عاقلی هرگز کند از عقل نقل 

  • And if a rational person does not see the various aspects of Love, (yet) the auspicious moon of Love does not wane.
  • ور نبیند عاقلی احوال عشق  ** کم نگردد ماه نیکوفال عشق 

  • Joseph's beauty was not seen by the eyes of his brethren, (but) when did it (ever) disappear from the heart of Jacob?
  • حسن یوسف دیده‌ی اخوان ندید  ** از دل یعقوب کی شد ناپدید 

  • The (physical) eye of Moses regarded the staff (rod) as wood; the eye of the Invisible beheld (in it) a serpent and (cause of) panic.
  • مر عصا را چشم موسی چوب دید  ** چشم غیبی افعی و آشوب دید 

  • The eye of the head was in conflict with the eye of the heart: the eye of the heart prevailed (over the other) and displayed the proof. 3935
  • چشم سر با چشم سر در جنگ بود  ** غالب آمد چشم سر حجت نمود 

  • The (physical) eye of Moses regarded his hand as a hand, (but) to the eye of the Invisible it was a manifest light.
  • چشم موسی دست خود را دست دید  ** پیش چشم غیب نوری بد پدید 

  • This matter hath no limit in perfection, (yet) it seems like a fancy to every one that is deprived (of the reality).
  • این سخن پایان ندارد در کمال  ** پیش هر محروم باشد چون خیال 

  • Since to him the reality is the pudendum and the gullet, do not expound the mysteries of the Beloved to him.
  • چون حقیقت پیش او فرج و گلوست  ** کم بیان کن پیش او اسرار دوست 

  • To us the pudendum and the gullet are a (mere) fancy; consequently the (Beloved) Soul displays His beauty (to us) at every moment. [To us the private parts and the gullet are a (mere) fancy; consequently the (Beloved) Soul displays His beauty (to us) at every moment.]
  • پیش ما فرج و گلو باشد خیال  ** لاجرم هر دم نماید جان جمال 

  • Any one whose custom and habit is (addiction to) the pudendum and the gullet, for him (the fit answer) is “Unto you (your) religion and unto me (my) religion.” 3940
  • هر که را فرج و گلو آیین و خوست  ** آن لکم دین ولی دین بهر اوست